For loop with custom order

Question

So I'm trying to loop through some entries and order them by in a specific way. For an example let's say I have the following entires:

• Example01
• Example02
• Example03
• Example04

I now want to loop through these entries and order them in an order such as: Example03, Example01, Example04 and Example2. The order has to be custom where I can change it.

Is this possible and if so how can I achieve this? Thanks

Answer 1

You have a few options here:

• Use an Entries field (as a Global or as a fields on a Single maybe?) to chose the entries and order them
• Make the Entries a Structure section, so you can set the order
• use craft.entries({ ids: [3, 1, 2], fixedOrder: true }) and query the Entries by ID (if they'll never be deleted and you're cool with hard-coding the order)
• create an order field on that entry type to query them by, also with craft.entries()

It's up to you what the best solution would be, given your set-up, but you have plenty of options.